The History of Wales, Descriptive of the Government, Wars, Manners, Religion, Laws, Druids, Bards, Pedigrees and Language of the Ancient Britons and ... of the Principality (Classic Reprint)

Bend to press this Publication, from the frequent observations of men of letters, that the History of the Ancient Britons is a desideratum in literature. Several authors, both natives and English, have treated on this subject; but their labours, collectively, have not produced a consistent detail of events, and a faithful description of manners and customs. The native writers have, from Gildas down to Roberts; made it their study to trace the Britons from some Asiatic origin, and to represent them as a highly refined and scientific people. By this false assumption they have degraded the character of the Welsh people, and impressed on the minds of the sons of Cambria the disconsolate tradition, that they are uncultivated descendants from the greatest conquerors, statesmen, and philosophers, that ever flourished among mankind. The English authors, who have written on the History of Cambria, have been incompetent, from their deficiency in the language of the country. The last historian, Mr. Warrington, laboured under this difficulty. Mr.
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